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Ocean’s lull

What is it about the sea lapping gently against the shore we find so calming? Is there...

What is it about the sea lapping gently against the shore we find so calming? Is there an evolutionary explanation behind this pleasing phenomenon?

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• The Greeks actually have a word for this: flisvos.

John Hallett, Poole, Dorset, UK

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